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My roommate has two cats. She told me when we moved in together that they were declawed and wouldn't ruin my furniture. Well, 1.5 years later, and lots of pulled fabric, I put plastic covers on all furniture. Recently over the summer they peed on the couch twice (before the plastic idea came about) and even with it professionally cleaned, the stain won't come out. That's what prompted the plastic. Also, when we moved in together she told met that she has to empty the litter box in the morning and at night (after work) or else they will go outside of the box, like on the floor or wherever. So since she can't seem to be organized with her life to be responsible enough to actually do what she claims she needed to do to keep things clean, the cats poop on the floor at least 2x a week. I have come home from work countless times to a stench that makes cooking my dinner impossible! To top things off, I politely mention it on a marker board. "before you leave the house could you please make sure to empty the litter boxes because the cats pooped on the floor for the 2nd time this week." her response "I did empty it before I left. I ALWAYS do." And always was underlined. So, I responded, "then why does it keep happening?" Of course I get no response since she knows it keeps happening because she doesn't clean up after them as often as she needs to. So, we're not speaking anymore and since I have a TV in my bedroom and hers is in the family room, we keep to those separate areas. Lease ends in Feb. only 3.5 months to go. THANK GOD. She told me she found a new roommate = i wanted to respond with "did you tell her how crappy of a roommate you are? Is she aware that you don't clean up after your cats or that they will ruin all her furniture?" Oh I would also like to point out that the vacuum cleaner that we used for the first year was hers and well since she never emptied the container as often as you are supposed to, it kinda stopped suctioning. She told me that she would get it fixed when I asked her if I should go buy one (it had been about 2 weeks of no vacuuming living with two cats and us two girls - gross). Well weeks and then months went by without vacuuming and without getting it fixed. So I went out and bought a vacuum. It is a nice heavy duty thing. I filled up an entire trashbag full of cat hair in the family room alone after I vacuumed for about 3 hours. 3 HOURS in a 14x17 room. That is how much cat hair there was. Of course she never said thanks for buying the vacuum or for doing the nastiest job of all. So, i am sorry, but asking her to clean up after her animals is not wrong. And I am sure she hates me for it. But I have to just know that I did nothing wrong and she is the one that gave the tainted roommate description.